November 2007 News Archive (Page 2)

Tiffany Pollard decided to boot Mr. Wise from her reality show last night, after explaining she's unsure if he's willing to open up to her enough to meet her needs.

"Mr. Wise is emotionally unavailable right now," said the star of I Love New York. "There's something lurking in his past that is affecting his present, and it's affecting our relationship."

Shockingly, the bachelor didn't agree with such an assessment.

"By letting me go, I think new York is missing out on someone that's sincere, genuine, strong and who will stand by his word," said Mr. Wise following his ouster. "No matter what -- even though I'm leaving -- I still have love for New York."

Down to four, the remaining contestants' families come to visit next week. Should be fun!

Fans have been searching far and wide for possible insight into the mind of Brad Womack, who spurned both Jenni Croft and DeAnna Pappas last week on the finale of The Bachelor. Now an insider has shed new light on the situation.

According to Kristin Veitch of E! Online, the real reason for Brad Womack's often criticized and shocking decision to choose either Jenni or DeAnna in the finale had, in reality, little to do with Jenni nor DeAnna, but with Bettina Bell.

Says a rock-solid source: "Brad was really into Bettina, who made it to the final four. But when he went to visit her parents, Bettina's father was so awful to him, Brad knew it wouldn't work. So, he was just sort of over the whole thing."

Was Bettina Bell behind Brad Womack's bungled Bachelor finale?

Brad visited Bettina's home in the sixth episode of this season (the reality show's 11th) and Bell's father sort of sealed her fate when he said he was "disappointed" by Brad's lack of a college degree, as well as with Womack's career choice.

Brad had only known Bettina Bell for a few weeks at the time, and being torn apart on national TV is not the sort of thing you want in a first impression.

So does this make Brad Womack's decision better or worse?

Obviously it's still painful for DeAnna Pappas and Jenni Croft, who had their hearts ripped out on TV, and for viewers, who felt like they themselves got robbed. But this certainly casts Womack - and Bettina Bell - in a new light.

So long, Twiggy.

Hello, Paulina Porizkova.

That's the message sent out by the producers of Amerca's Next Top Model, as a change to the judging panel has been made due to scheduling conflicts. Twiggy will be vacating her post next year.

"We are thrilled to have Paulina as a part of this cycle's judging panel," America's Next Top Model executive producer Ken Mok said in a statement. "The show and participants will benefit a great deal from her vast modeling knowledge and expertise."

Don't worry, fans: Miss J. Alexander and photographer Nigel Barker will be sitting on either side of Tyra Banks at the judges' table next year, as usual.

"We would like to thank Twiggy for her great contributions to the show," Mok said. "Having an icon like Twiggy lend us her considerable expertise has elevated our show to a whole new level. We wish her well in her endeavors and hope to collaborate with her in future Cycles of America's Next Top Model as well as other projects."

Porizkova appeared on Dancing with the Stars last season, but was voted out early.

Drama was certainly not in short supply for Audrina Partridge and Lauren Conrad on last night's all-new episode of The Hills. What happened?

First, there was the introduction of Stephanie Pratt - yes, the sister of the one and only Spencer Pratt. And she was out for blood with LC.

Stephanie Pratt confronted Lauren Conrad at the L.A. club Opera while LC was out with pals. The "she-Pratt" and LC bickered and Conrad pal Brody Jenner found himself in the middle of it, telling Pratt to back off!

Justin-Bobby Brescia, Audrina Patridge, and Lauren Conrad.

Meanwhile, during the same night at the same club, Audrina was confronted with Justin Brescia - a.k.a. Justin Bobby - making out with some redheaded skank at the bar, then laughing about it when Audrina dared confront him.

Did Audrina Patridge give Justin Brescia the boot, or did the weasel hang on? Did LC and Stephanie Pratt come to blows, and how did Spencer Pratt take the news of this catfight the next day? Find out in our exclusive recap of The Hills.

Sorry for the dramatic headline, but last night's Dancing with the Stars performances should have proven once and for all that Marie Osmond simply doesn't belong in the finals.

Her samba paled in comparison to the routines of both Helio Castroneves and Melanie Brown. We'll be happy if either of those celebrities wins the competition - but tend to favor the former. After all, Brown is a Spice Girl. She's sort of a dancer already.

Check out our Dancing with the Stars recap right now to read the full run down.

Brad Womack has a supporter in Jen Schefft. She's probably the only one who watched last week's finale of The Bachelor and doesn't want him killed.

ABC's push for last week's season-ending episode of The Bachelor has many viewers feeling they were duped, the New York Daily News reports.

ABC promoted the show all week using a clip - accompanied by the sound of a woman crying - in which Brad Womack said that he had found the one.

Based on the promos, die-hard viewers of the long-running series expected Brad found true love, or at least the reality TV equivalent. Not to be.

After a long, hard blitz of promos, misleadingly positive interviews and clips featuring a "happy" Brad Womack, he and ABC got together and pulled a fast one.

Both DeAnna Pappas or Jenni Croft were rejected.

As a result, viewers are irate.

"I have been watching The Bachelor series from the very beginning ... but this is IT FOR ME!" wrote one frustrated fan on the show's message board.

"I cannot believe that ABC would air a program that ended this way when it was clearly lies and manipulation on Brad Womack's part," said another.

"I guess we got wrapped up in the fairy tale. Many of us have used The Bachelor to believe," wrote a fan. "Unfortunately, none of us will believe again. Thanks, ABC, for breaking our hearts! Too bad Brad was the one to do it."

An ABC spokeswoman had no comment on the viewer outrage. Jenni Croft is reportedly dating her ex-boyfriend now, incidentally. Good for her.

While Brad Womack is receiving flak for his indecisiveness - and Byron Velvick is receiving stitches from the wound inflicted on him by fiancee Mary Delgado - Andy Baldwin is simply thinking about looking good.

Check out this former Bachelor, ladies. He's not wearing a shirt.

Don't you just wanna kill Tessa Horst?

Jenni Croft has come a long way since The Bachelor season finale.

The woman that was rejected along with Deanna Pappas said she's totally over Brad Womack, while also being back together with her unnamed ex-boyfriend.

"I'm completely over [Womack]. I left that day thinking I can't keep thinking about him - I've got to get over it. I am back with my ex-boyfriend. It's been amazing," said Croft during an interview with Wichita ABC-affiliate KAKE.

And how is that relationship going, Jenni?

"We haven't been happier," she said. "We learned a lot about each other while I was gone."

The 27-year-old Phoenix Suns cheerleader does claim, though, that she fell in love with Womack during filming of the show. How can you not, she basically asks, when you're around someone so much?

"You go through this thing for six weeks, and all you think about is this one guy. You have no contact to the outside world - you can't call your mom; you can't call your friends... You don't think about work at all," Croft said. "So like you constantly think about this guy, and he's your world for six weeks. So yes, everything I thought about was about him. I did fall in love with him."

Maksim Chmerkovskiy is more than just a pretty face and a dancing talent: he's refreshingly honest.

When asked by Extra if the right person (Jennie Garth) was voted out of Dancing with the Stars last week, Chmerkovskiy replied:

"I think Jennie was better than Marie Osmond," he said."Frankly, I think there are a lot of other people better than Marie."

As for who should be crowned this year's champion, Maks isn't shy about tooting his own partner's horn: Melanie Brown, "should win," he said, noting "she's hands down the best dancer left... [the] most capable, most natural."

Alas, as often happens with reality contests, true talent can get trumped.

"History shows [Dancing's celeb champ is] either a cute man or somebody with a huge fan base and I think Marie has both Helio and Mel's fan base combined times five."

We'll find out this week!

Say what you want about Tiffany Pollard - and many people do - but the star of I Love New York claims she always keeps it real at least.

That's why she isn't always so pleasant on screen.

"I'm basically hard on those guys in the house because I don't want to put on a front. I don't wanna act like I'm sweet as humble pie 24 hours a day, when I know damn well that isn't the case with me, you know?  So I'd rather them see it now and be scared than to only see it later if I pick them.

I have to keep it real.  That's why I'm so hard on them," she said.

As for those that aren't fond of Pollard? New York calls them out, as well.

"I think that my haters are the biggest hypocrites because they are undercover New York lovers. They watch the show just as much as my fans.  They watch it every time it comes on and they could tell you the littlest details that the average person would miss.

So, obviously the haters definitely have their eyes on New York. I love my haters because obviously they love me," she said.